The B-52's
USA
Formed: 1976
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: New Wave, Punk/New Wave, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Punk, College Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
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The first of many acts to cement the college town of Athens, GA, as a hotbed of alternative music, the B-52's took their name from the Southern slang for the mile-high bouffant wigs sported by singers Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson, a look emblematic of the band's campy, thrift-store aesthetic. The five-piece group, which also included founding members Fred Schneider, guitarist Ricky Wilson (Cindy's older brother), and drummer Keith Strickland, formed in the mid-'70s after a drunken evening at a Chinese restaurant; the bandmembers had little or ...
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